Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His childhood dream was to be a Navigator, but he was a colossal failure. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and elven compassion

Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 220 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and carries daggers. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'9" and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has wavy white hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. He has a hunchback. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Caeldrim is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Sage, but he got bored and became a Body Guard. He has worked as a Body Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.